[Virginien.]

[Amsterdam, Olfert Dapper, c.1671.] Engraving, 130 x 165mm, set in German text. Preporting to be a scene of religious practice in Virginia. However the artist has based it around a Mexican idol illustrated in Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas's 'Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales', 1622, giving the impression that Virginia was a culturally similar to Mexico. Published in Armold Montanus' 'America'.
[Ref: 7123] £130.00